Biggest Disappointments

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What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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aprille, generalkala, _Zoe_, foggidawn, Aerrin99, nancyewhite, Cecrow, loremistress, merrystar, ncgraham, souloftherose, briarhills, Luisali, ahef1963, Peace2, Brandy1411,gennyt ,1morechapter ,racergirl76 ,WhatUsername
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Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.
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aprille, pitjrw, norabelle414, sturlington, jasmaynard, CGlanovsky, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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ahef1963: I was not expecting so much misogyny. Couldn't finish.
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gilroy, ABVR, generalkala, foggidawn, Tafadhali, mmignano11, Cecrow, Christy.Riege, merrystar, dste, gypsysmom, pewterbreath, tmsaguid, mspixieears, elainemberman, Brandy1411, blakelylaw,jain , ,amysisson , , ,MmeRose ,racergirl76 , , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
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jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency
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cindyst2000, Matke, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: I thought this was pretty workaday considering all the good things I'd heard about it.
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andyl, anglemark, keristars, majkia, oszymandias, sunqueen, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ,gilroy ,
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ahef1963: Didn't know steampunk could be this boring.
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brewergirl, sunqueen, norabelle414, mmignano11, racergirl76, Bluewolf0411, sparemethecensor, mazzy7, Alphawoman,ijustgetbored ,aulsmith ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963 : Somehow I was led to believe that this book was amusing; I don't find child neglect and abuse funny so I hated it.
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teeth, ahef1963, elainemberman, ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: Wanted to like, but found it extremely troubling.
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sunqueen, edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elainemberman,ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: I couldn't even manage a chapter of staggering genius. Overrated, even by the author.
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merrystar, souloftherose, Eowyn1, mspixieears, Sammystarbuck,Cecrow
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Cecrow : The first two trilogies I really liked, but I'd agree the last set didn't add anything.
Sammystarbuck: 7 pages to describe a tree. 7. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and that falls under that heading. also, don't like Thomas at all, which is awkward in an MC
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hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
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hipdeep: I liked the first 3 books well enough (actually Azkaban was quite good) but this is the one where I found myself pleading with Rowling to get to the dang point already. I thought it was too long by a third.
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gilroy, inge87, Peace2
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sunqueen, cindyst2000, ahef1963
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ahef1963: I enjoyed it but was disappointed to find out that it was fictional.
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sunqueen, Tess_W, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: I'd liked The Scarlet Letter so much that I was hoping this one would be as good; it turned out to be extremely dull.
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aulsmith, mousse, sparemethecensor
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aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.
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edparks, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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ahef1963: Meh.
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hipdeep, al.vick
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aprille, bstar1019
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edparks, tdiken
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hipdeep, eshaw27, gypsysmom,MmeRose
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hipdeep: Substantial alleged fabrications in this autobiographical story.
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Minthe, andejons
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jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
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jain: Ditto the cut edition. The book starts out great, but it goes off the rails pretty early on.
aulsmith: Heinlein really did need to edit this.
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Minthe, ahef1963
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ahef1963: Dull and predictable.
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Minthe, sunqueen
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pammab, aulsmith, tottman, souloftherose,merrystar ,gypsysmom
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aulsmith: Needed serious editing. There's a great book with about half of this and half of All Clear.
merrystar : This one was better than I expected
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jain, Brandy1411
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jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
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aprille, bstar1019
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Simone2, teeth
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merrystar, aspirit
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aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.
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Simone2, ahef1963
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ahef1963: Have made three attempts to read this book as I generally love White's writing, but it was unreadable.
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EMS_24
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Minthe
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aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda, ,absurdeist ,Cecrow ,
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aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.
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gilroy, ManWithAnAgenda,tottman
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gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.
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tdiken
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Lexxi
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aprille
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aprille
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edparks, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
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ahef1963: Did not like. Possibly because my husband had just left me - I probably wouldn't have liked any book.
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